Republicans in the House of Representatives are again trying to impose their will on the District of Columbia and do to the people of D.C. what they can't or won't do to their own constituents. Once again, riders to the District's budget may be used to impose Congressional Republicans' desires regarding certain hot button issues on Amricans who have no voice because they are a colony, not a state.

On June 19, 2016, the League of Women Voters of the United States voted overwhelmingly at their national convention to support statehood for the people of the District of Columbia. The resolution was introduced by the League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia. The League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia was founded in February 1920 to support the struggle to get the vote for women and has actively supported District self-government and enfranchisement since 1938. To see the resolution the convention approved and the League's press release, read more.

Washington Post reporter Anne FiField wrote in the June 19, 2016 Washington Post about the decoloniization commission that will report in July 2016 on whether Guam should proceed with a plebiscite on whether seek independence, statehood, or free association with the United States like Palau and the Marshall Islands.